I guess no one has really mentioned Kleiza as being a potential starter. 2 years ago the thought coming out of training camp was he was the best player in training camp. that was coming off a great showing at the worlds and before he destroyed his knee. I wonder what he will bring this season. He may be the biggest question mark

I guess no one has really mentioned Kleiza as being a potential starter. 2 years ago the thought coming out of training camp was he was the best player in training camp. that was coming off a great showing at the worlds and before he destroyed his knee. I wonder what he will bring this season. He may be the biggest question mark

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i hope he shows us something, considering he's just reached 100%. Maybe having a fellow lithuanian bro on the team be good for him also.

i'm not talking about positional battles. They will be guarding each other in practice, I would like to see how JV is at defending a player of Bargnani's skill set in the post; how Bargs responds to the rookie bumping and battling him down low, and how bargnani does containing JV around the basket.

they pretty much do the same thing on the court. one of them has to step up and play a huge role on this team. and the other needs to be shipped off along with jose calderon for a piece that we can actually use to help this team get to the next level.

theres no point in having both of them on this roster with quincy acy, aaron gray, jamal magloire (maybe), andrea bargnani and jonas valanciounas. having 6 or 7 pf/c's on a roster is not logical.

I think Amir vs. JV should be interesting. No facts to back this up, but I'm guessing JV did not face a lot of pogo-stick kind of players like Amir overseas. I think JV probably has more experience guarding Aaron Gray-style players and will need to learn how to contend with the uber-athletes in the NBA.

I hope Calderon can remain a Raptor for his entire career. I know he'll be an expensive backup for the time being, but once his contract is complete I hope he's willing to take a lower salary and remain a Raptor.

I hope Calderon can remain a Raptor for his entire career. I know he'll be an expensive backup for the time being, but once his contract is complete I hope he's willing to take a lower salary and remain a Raptor.